Seaport Res Ptn Has Bullish Forecast for AAL Q3 Earnings

American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of American Airlines Group in a report issued on Thursday, January 23rd. Seaport Res Ptn analyst D. Mckenzie now forecasts that the airline will post earnings per share of $0.75 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.65. Seaport Res Ptn has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for American Airlines Group’s current full-year earnings is $1.73 per share.

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, January 23rd. The airline reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.47. American Airlines Group had a negative return on equity of 18.62% and a net margin of 0.51%.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group raised American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $12.00 to $20.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. Bank of America upgraded shares of American Airlines Group from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the company from $12.00 to $20.00 in a research note on Friday, January 17th. TD Cowen upgraded shares of American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $17.00 to $25.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on American Airlines Group from $18.00 to $22.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Finally, UBS Group raised American Airlines Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $18.99.

American Airlines Group Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of AAL stock opened at $17.15 on Monday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $16.82 and its 200-day simple moving average is $13.35. American Airlines Group has a 12-month low of $9.07 and a 12-month high of $19.10. The company has a market cap of $11.27 billion, a PE ratio of 51.97, a PEG ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.35.

Insider Activity at American Airlines Group

In other news, SVP Angela Owens sold 51,906 shares of American Airlines Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.15, for a total value of $890,187.90. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 112,412 shares in the company, valued at $1,927,865.80. This trade represents a 31.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Robert D. Isom, Jr. sold 102,441 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.21, for a total transaction of $1,763,009.61. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,967,984 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $51,079,004.64. This trade represents a 3.34 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.49% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of American Airlines Group

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AAL. Primecap Management Co. CA boosted its stake in American Airlines Group by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 57,339,666 shares of the airline’s stock worth $644,498,000 after purchasing an additional 458,310 shares during the last quarter. U S Global Investors Inc. boosted its position in American Airlines Group by 5.9% during the third quarter. U S Global Investors Inc. now owns 9,088,188 shares of the airline’s stock worth $102,151,000 after acquiring an additional 508,119 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in American Airlines Group by 75.5% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,240,659 shares of the airline’s stock valued at $48,047,000 after acquiring an additional 1,823,928 shares in the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank raised its holdings in American Airlines Group by 379.6% in the 3rd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 1,667,539 shares of the airline’s stock valued at $18,743,000 after acquiring an additional 1,319,859 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in American Airlines Group by 107.6% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,519,904 shares of the airline’s stock worth $17,084,000 after purchasing an additional 787,671 shares in the last quarter. 52.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

American Airlines Group Company Profile

American Airlines Group Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a network air carrier. The company provides scheduled air transportation services for passengers and cargo through its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, DC, as well as through partner gateways in London, Doha, Madrid, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney, and Tokyo.